Annie (nee Sallows) White [1858-1940].
She is the lady that Granny White's Side Road in Tay Twp. between Victoria Harbour and Sturgeon Bay
is named after.
While still a young woman Granny White was left alone with a family of eight girls and one boy to raise.
Granny White was everybody's Granny. Not only was she Granny to her thirty-seven natural grandchildren,
but also to the uncounted children she brought into the world as the local mid-wife and every other kid lucky
enough to fall under her spell. Everybody including her own daughters called her Granny.
Folks didn't go to the hospital then, sometimes didn't even have a doctor. Granny was the one they depended on.
She moved right in, nurse the sick, delivered the baby, and took care of the rest of the family. Leaving her own
home didn't matter. There was always a daughter around to look after things.
She was a lady who really knew how to enjoy herself whether it was raising a roof, singing around the parlor organ
or for hanging on for dear life on the back of a sleigh while the dog ran with it over the snow drifts. The old roaster
pan on top of her sewing machine was filled with lemon cookies to entice the kids.
She died when she was 84. Dr. McKenzie came to see her when she was failing a bit.
"Now Granny, " he said. "I don't want you eating any more pork chops."
She stuck out her chin. "If I can't eat any more pork chops, I might as well die."
She died at five the next morning.